Nepal: Indian artists making idols of Hindu gods for upcoming festive season

Updated:2 years, 10 months ago

Lalitpur (Nepal), Sep 12 (ANI): A team that arrived in Nepal's Lalitpur a month ago from India's Kolkata are working continuously to make idols of Hindu gods and goddesses with the onset of the festive season in Nepal. The team arrived in Lalitpur a month ago along with a lorry laden with soil from the Ganges and is making idols of deities which are in high demand in the Himalayan Nation. The team of Dipak Haldar, who is currently renting a plot of land for a few months, is busy creating the idols of the Vishwakarma god as the day to worship the metallurgies is just one week away. The team is speeding up work to make and sell about 160 idols of gods and goddesses as the festive season is approaching. As per Hindu mythologies Vishwakarma, the designer of all the flying chariots of the gods and goddesses also designed and made weapons for them. There is a tradition of celebrating Vishwakarma Puja on the ninth day of the Dashain festival, Navami in Nepal. It is a worship and tribute to all those who invented the technology. It is a salutation to all who worked in the field of physics for the betterment of people. Lord Biswakarma has four hands, wears a crown, wears lots of gold jewellery, and holds a water pot, a book, a noose and craftsman tools in his hands. People installed pictures of lord Vishwakarma at the corners of Crossroads and put statues and idols of him on corners of the streets. Puja is also associated with the custom of flying kites. This occasion in a way also marks the start of the festive season that lasts till Dipawali. The Ganesh Chaturthi- the birthday of the Hindu God Lord Ganesh is a few days away.

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Nepal: Indian artists making idols of Hindu gods for upcoming festive season

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